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thank you so much. >> for more years. >> sunday, we will have the speeches by president obama and gop presidential candidate mitt romney to the american society of news editors. the talk about the budget, tax breaks, and other campaign issues. we will share the president's speech at 10:30 a.m. and former governor romney at 11:30 a.m. eastern, sunday on c-span. u this year's student cam competition asked students which part of the constitution was their favorite and why. >> i am a christian. >> i am an atheist. >> i am jewish. >> i am a mormon. >> no matter who we are, where we come from, or what faith we have, we are americans. >> the establishment and exercise clauses make it to the religious liberty clauses. >> we shall make no prohibiting the exercise thereof. >> but what does it really mean? >> the establishment clause is basically about no establishment. we would not set up an official state religion. and the free exercise clause is about individual being able to freely exercise their beliefs. >> the establishing clauses there to protect division of government, and government fro
thank you so much. >> for more years. >> sunday, we will have the speeches by president obama and gop presidential candidate mitt romney to the american society of news editors. the talk about the budget, tax breaks, and other campaign issues. we will share the president's speech at 10:30 a.m. and former governor romney at 11:30 a.m. eastern, sunday on c-span. u this year's student cam competition asked students which part of the constitution was their favorite and why. >> i...
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obama, emanuel, sanchez -- will come from someplace else. the only reason that we can be in the spring of this and ballroom is -- we can be in this magnificent bottom is because somebody took responsiblility for their families, and generations of immigrants making sure that they were leading something behind for the next generation. our grandparents and great grandparents, striking out. sometimes falling down, taking themselves back up. they took responsibility for our country's future. they understood the american story is never about just what we can do barker -- by ourselves. we will not written -- we will not win the race with the same old you are on your own economics because it has not worked in the past and it will not work now. [applause] it did not work in the last decade. it is not like we have not tried it. it does not work. we have to have a stake in each others success. we all understand that. [applause] if we attract enough -- an outstanding teacher to the profession, giving her the pain she deserves and support she deserves an
obama, emanuel, sanchez -- will come from someplace else. the only reason that we can be in the spring of this and ballroom is -- we can be in this magnificent bottom is because somebody took responsiblility for their families, and generations of immigrants making sure that they were leading something behind for the next generation. our grandparents and great grandparents, striking out. sometimes falling down, taking themselves back up. they took responsibility for our country's future. they...
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this is not just about president obama. this really started under the big government programs under president bush. tarp, the bailout, all of that. they believe that this is part of a spiritual awakening in this country, kind of akin to the great awakening. they believe this and see it manifesting itself in the tea party movement. host: currently, maverick off of twitter asks this. he cites the example that sarah palin claims to be a tea party patriot. can it be both? guest: i assume he is talking about the organization tea party patriots. what is interesting and we point out in the book is that she is very good friends with ralph reed who heads up the freedom coalition which is also its evangelical organization. they do events together. they do events together. amy kramer is in constant contact with concerned women for america. the web is connected in all different ways. it does not mean it is organized specifically like that, but it is loosely organized from the relationship respective. host: alexandria, virginia. good mo
this is not just about president obama. this really started under the big government programs under president bush. tarp, the bailout, all of that. they believe that this is part of a spiritual awakening in this country, kind of akin to the great awakening. they believe this and see it manifesting itself in the tea party movement. host: currently, maverick off of twitter asks this. he cites the example that sarah palin claims to be a tea party patriot. can it be both? guest: i assume he is...
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president obama, would take that up to 70%. theou're one of the few, very few of these entrepreneurs who seek success and generous profit in your business, the president wants to take 40% of that for federal income tax and then you have to add the payroll tax, the gas tax, the state tax, the city taxes, property taxes, excise taxes and so forth. on top of that, you have to factor in the regulatory burdens. the cost exceeds the total cost of all income tax payments in this country. pretty soon, those kind of taxes and costs add up to produce substantial burdens. businesses shut down. jobs are eliminated and dr. bernard decided is too risky and too costly to started -- an entrepreneur is decide it is too risky and to cause it to start a business. another example is dodd-frank. it is an 848-page behemoth that will be followed by thousands and thousands of pages of new regulations. regulations of course are essential to the functioning of a free economy. burdensome outdated regulations serve only to restrict freedom and therefore i
president obama, would take that up to 70%. theou're one of the few, very few of these entrepreneurs who seek success and generous profit in your business, the president wants to take 40% of that for federal income tax and then you have to add the payroll tax, the gas tax, the state tax, the city taxes, property taxes, excise taxes and so forth. on top of that, you have to factor in the regulatory burdens. the cost exceeds the total cost of all income tax payments in this country. pretty soon,...
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obama's plan takes 38. the ryan plan versus the obama into the future -- although the obama thing and eventually blows up and get aspics' because he cannot calculate that amount of debt and what it would do to the country. the ryan plan is all about reforming entitlements suspending of the smaller percentage of gdp rather than a larger percentage. and the tax part, lower marginal, territorial system, gives you stronger economic growth. i think the modern republican party which has been field tested, veterans defending entitled the reform, and talking about that and having people try to beat them on it and trip them up is infinitely stronger than the republican party four years ago, six years ago, on the spending issue. every crisis -- spend more money on. never saw a crisis and said let's spend less. every crisis of bigger government. >> i do not say this election as a ringing endorsement of tea party of the ryan plan. can you tell me why did obama win? he promised to raise taxes. >> two things -- he droppe
obama's plan takes 38. the ryan plan versus the obama into the future -- although the obama thing and eventually blows up and get aspics' because he cannot calculate that amount of debt and what it would do to the country. the ryan plan is all about reforming entitlements suspending of the smaller percentage of gdp rather than a larger percentage. and the tax part, lower marginal, territorial system, gives you stronger economic growth. i think the modern republican party which has been field...
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it also faces the spending cuts unless president obama does something about it. leading up to what you might do next session, do think those cuts should be allowed to expire? if not, how would you modify those plans? >> the fiscal cliff is a very serious issue. sequestration is indiscriminate and arbitrary across-the-board cuts and would devastate our economy. it is not the right prescription. i support the president's's plan which is a balanced approach. we have twin challenges facing us. we need to reduce our debt bank and energize our economy. i think with investments in education and research, a middle-class, that is the solution. >> we are heading for a recession unless we do something. my opponent has been in congress for 14 years. the debt has gone from $6 trillion to $16 trillion. she has voted for a lot of those spending programs. she introduced programs to increase the spending. she is voting for 100 tax increases. what are we going to do in january? we have got to make sure we address the taxes, we can no longer afford to allow for these taxes to come
it also faces the spending cuts unless president obama does something about it. leading up to what you might do next session, do think those cuts should be allowed to expire? if not, how would you modify those plans? >> the fiscal cliff is a very serious issue. sequestration is indiscriminate and arbitrary across-the-board cuts and would devastate our economy. it is not the right prescription. i support the president's's plan which is a balanced approach. we have twin challenges facing...
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president obama is not with you. president obama is against you. president obama and his administration are aggressively pro-abortion and are actively undermining religious freedoms and the rights of conscience. so as you march today, please note as well that his secretary of health and human services has recently said, catherine sebelius said, we are at war. who is she at war with? with you, people who believe in the sanctity of human life and that women deserve better area such thank you for standing up for your right to free speech, you're right to assembly, and know today that as you march you were speaking truth to power. god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> i am mike kelly from pennsylvania. the rain cannot debt and our spirits. and this administration cannot dampen our mission is. we're here today for one reason and one reason only, to defend life. thank you for what you do and god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> i am from that great state of kansas. [cheers and applause] it was just 20 years ago in my hometown of wichita, where a fla
president obama is not with you. president obama is against you. president obama and his administration are aggressively pro-abortion and are actively undermining religious freedoms and the rights of conscience. so as you march today, please note as well that his secretary of health and human services has recently said, catherine sebelius said, we are at war. who is she at war with? with you, people who believe in the sanctity of human life and that women deserve better area such thank you for...
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the this you're fighting to reelect president obama. [applause] the health care law is already saving seniors money on our prescriptions. when it is fully up and running, president obama will close the doughnut hole completely. [applause] when the other guys talk about repealing health reform, what they really mean is that they will reopen the doughnut hole completely. they are telling us that when the going gets tough, we are on our own. that would hurt almost everyone here. it would hurt a whole lot of folks in florida. it would hurt a lot of seniors all across america. it is going to be a tough fight, and i am glad we have vice- president biden in our corner. when he goes out there and fight, he is fighting to protect our economic security and our health security. he is fighting -- it is my great honor to introduce him to you now. please join me in welcoming vice-president joe biden. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. my taking my coat off does not mean the speech will be longer. howard, thank you very
the this you're fighting to reelect president obama. [applause] the health care law is already saving seniors money on our prescriptions. when it is fully up and running, president obama will close the doughnut hole completely. [applause] when the other guys talk about repealing health reform, what they really mean is that they will reopen the doughnut hole completely. they are telling us that when the going gets tough, we are on our own. that would hurt almost everyone here. it would hurt a...
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the obama lawyers had to make the arguments. it seemed like it was a claim that they would throw in, hoping it would stick. as far as i know, of all of the different obamacare decisions that have been made across the country, the two that were made at lower courts, no court or judge anywhere at any time agreed that the obamacare law was a tax. that made the decision that came ouof the more surprising. we will have to do with the aftermath of the decision. this will be the biggest concern and challenge going forward because now congress can tax inactivity. if you do something, congress can tax it. if you do not do something, congress can tax it. i cannot remember -- you may remember from the time ronald reagan what's the phrase he used? his complaint about -- in washington, if it moves, you must tax it. now reagan would be even more stunned to learn that whether you move or not, you will be taxed. the federal government is telling citizens and now that you have an obligation to act to engage in an activity with you want to or not
the obama lawyers had to make the arguments. it seemed like it was a claim that they would throw in, hoping it would stick. as far as i know, of all of the different obamacare decisions that have been made across the country, the two that were made at lower courts, no court or judge anywhere at any time agreed that the obamacare law was a tax. that made the decision that came ouof the more surprising. we will have to do with the aftermath of the decision. this will be the biggest concern and...
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barack obama's priorities are not america's priorities. obama is not your father's democrats. he is not clinton or kennedy. he is the first on apologetic left this to live at 1600 pennsylvania avenue and he must be the last. [applause] because this is a president who would rather the how to chinese leaders -- bow to chinese leaders then stand up for american greatness. this is a president who would rather trash to the constitution and reserve our rights. this is a president who would rather refer to the united nations then defend the united states. we serve the principles of jefferson, washington, and madison. obama serves the demands of union bosses and allegis bureaucrats. we believe in the philosophy of our founding fathers. he believes in one man's philosophy -- the philosophy of barack obama. remember this, every liberal pipe dream this president has pursued, he has done it knowing that he will have to face re- election. imagine what he would do in a second term if he does not have to face re-election. imagine what his decision would have been this week with catholics and
barack obama's priorities are not america's priorities. obama is not your father's democrats. he is not clinton or kennedy. he is the first on apologetic left this to live at 1600 pennsylvania avenue and he must be the last. [applause] because this is a president who would rather the how to chinese leaders -- bow to chinese leaders then stand up for american greatness. this is a president who would rather trash to the constitution and reserve our rights. this is a president who would rather...
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he served in the illinois state senate with president obama. fed me give you to respond to what you have heard to chris van hollen on the notion of taxes and republicans being prepared to extend the bush tax cuts for those earning less than $250 a year to attack there is ambiguity on the democratic side of the aisle. there is something that chris did not say and that we have not heard from the president. the ambiguity is -- who is risk that there is a 250 description. there is a 500 description. there has not been a clear discussion on the impact of the past two entities. i represent suburban chicago and many other folks across both sides of the aisle. i represent entities that are organized and very little discussion beyond the bumper sticker rhetoric on the impact of pass-throughs as relates to these higher rates. the second thing is the -- to notice what we have not heard from the white house? but we have not heard from the white house is a discussion of the other component that is -- where are the spending cuts and the savings? there has be
he served in the illinois state senate with president obama. fed me give you to respond to what you have heard to chris van hollen on the notion of taxes and republicans being prepared to extend the bush tax cuts for those earning less than $250 a year to attack there is ambiguity on the democratic side of the aisle. there is something that chris did not say and that we have not heard from the president. the ambiguity is -- who is risk that there is a 250 description. there is a 500...
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obama as our first lady. you know, president obama is fighting for what democrats have always fought for, and economy grounded in middle-class prosperity, an economy built to last. president obama knows that this is a make or break moment for the middle class. in order for the middle class to thrive, we need to restore the basic values of fairness and balance that have made this country so great. [applause] values that say, if you work hard, if you play by the rules, you should be able to afford to buy a home, send your kids to college, have a secure retirement, to know that the next generation is going to be better off than this generation. [applause] president obama's that these are our values, and this president has had the courage to tackle some really tough issues. he ignored the critics and he stepped up and rescue the auto industry. [applause] saving over 1 million jobs, 26,000 jobs right here in new hampshire depended on the auto industry. [applause] don't repealed don't ask, tell. [applause] so that
obama as our first lady. you know, president obama is fighting for what democrats have always fought for, and economy grounded in middle-class prosperity, an economy built to last. president obama knows that this is a make or break moment for the middle class. in order for the middle class to thrive, we need to restore the basic values of fairness and balance that have made this country so great. [applause] values that say, if you work hard, if you play by the rules, you should be able to...
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the obama administration is ready to fill vacancies. this will have rebels all the way down the hierarchy. what i would like to discuss tonight is how we got from where we are, the politics of patronage, the challenges of recruiting political appointees , how the system results in major delays and managerial destructions and how it undermines presidential leadership and good management. and finally, possible remedies for reforming the system. why do we get mad at government incompetence? because we expect a competent and effective bureaucracy. you create bureaucracies that hire competent workers that bring specialization, expertise, accountability, and continuity. there is no alternative in large-scale systems to organize great amounts of people to accomplish a goal or mission. this is not the way the united states began. it took about a century to figure it out and half a century to implement. the spoils system of the nineteenth century, there has been a constant tension between partisan control political appointees in career experts.
the obama administration is ready to fill vacancies. this will have rebels all the way down the hierarchy. what i would like to discuss tonight is how we got from where we are, the politics of patronage, the challenges of recruiting political appointees , how the system results in major delays and managerial destructions and how it undermines presidential leadership and good management. and finally, possible remedies for reforming the system. why do we get mad at government incompetence?...
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if the turks were to do this, i could see president obama leading from behind. it is possible that you could then get american input. you could have greater american activity. you could have the agency working with the turks in coordinating the delivery of better weaponry, although i still think, as mark pointed out, if you have heavy artillery and your drop in it on a.c.t. level, that is a fairly that is acity level, convincing argument. it is difficult to see and overcoming that. if they are not fearing a point of slaughter whereby they could lose the sunni components of the syrian army -- if there is no fear that, i see no reason why they do not slaughter everybody. the only way they will take up that heavy stuff, i think, is through some type of air action. unless the opposition somehow can get close to that, unless there can be some internal break in sight of the forces themselves -- inside the forces themselves, i am skeptical and have you take these out. you can take out the helicopters if the americans and turks for delivery right kind of weaponry. a lot
if the turks were to do this, i could see president obama leading from behind. it is possible that you could then get american input. you could have greater american activity. you could have the agency working with the turks in coordinating the delivery of better weaponry, although i still think, as mark pointed out, if you have heavy artillery and your drop in it on a.c.t. level, that is a fairly that is acity level, convincing argument. it is difficult to see and overcoming that. if they are...
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over the obama era, the u.s. has lost public sector jobs while gaining a lot of private sector jobs. you have to deal with the democracy you are given. you got as much stimulus as you could. >> sam, republican, illinois. caller: i have firsthand knowledge of the windmills. over the past few years, we have were males that are everywhere. -- windmills that are everywhere. the company is doing a bid from spain. guest: the factories are in the u.s. caller: the companies are from spain. these things make people sick. they kill birds. they only produced 5 per cent of what the estimated. it is a big scheme. these companies from spain cannot afford those systems. they are letting their windmills and rust out. you always have to have a backup. this is a ponzi scheme that has moved over to us. we think that when will do something for us. guest: i guessed the wind industry has its critics. the spanish company shut down most of its u.s. projects in 2008, a couple in illinois, texas. the day the stimulus past, the chairman of
over the obama era, the u.s. has lost public sector jobs while gaining a lot of private sector jobs. you have to deal with the democracy you are given. you got as much stimulus as you could. >> sam, republican, illinois. caller: i have firsthand knowledge of the windmills. over the past few years, we have were males that are everywhere. -- windmills that are everywhere. the company is doing a bid from spain. guest: the factories are in the u.s. caller: the companies are from spain. these...
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it is not simply a barack obama phenomenon. what we see both from my own work inside the senate an observation from what we see with books is that it is a deliberate strategies hatched at least at the end are grow if not before to raise the bar and what things are happening and to get unanimous minority support and to do its not just on bills were you wanted to have amendments allowed but on bills were you one not interested to have all amendments allowed to make it messy. i will not defend obama's out wrenching the minority party. i could go back to other methods of obstruction with bill clinton, who reached out all the time. that is a minor factor. of killing thee omendment tree been done to much. that resulted in some protest. it had much more to do with a concerted party strategy, which is the first time we have seen it. >> there are two separate issues -- of shrubs and on nomination and obstruction on the legislative side. you'll see these judge bowed to 99-1. remember what we are talking about. the alternative is to move
it is not simply a barack obama phenomenon. what we see both from my own work inside the senate an observation from what we see with books is that it is a deliberate strategies hatched at least at the end are grow if not before to raise the bar and what things are happening and to get unanimous minority support and to do its not just on bills were you wanted to have amendments allowed but on bills were you one not interested to have all amendments allowed to make it messy. i will not defend...
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do not be fooled by what obama is saying today. this is not a reversal of the horrific policy to force religious organizations to fund abortions. what is going on is he is having the insurance companies pay for it. who pays for the insurance company coverage? the religious organization. the religious organization is still being forced to completely violates their own religious beliefs and religious freedom by funding the murder of babies for abortions and contraception. host: we appreciate your input. we want to get a few more phone calls before we wrap it up. nathan is on the independent line. caller: there is an argument that ron paul is unelectable. i think the opposite is true. the other candidates not supporting his position will keep them from getting ron paul's supporters' votes. rick santorum said not compromising on your principles is very important. i think that is true. the other candidates have compromised on their principles. ron paul is my candidate. i will only go to the polls for him. i will not compromise on my pri
do not be fooled by what obama is saying today. this is not a reversal of the horrific policy to force religious organizations to fund abortions. what is going on is he is having the insurance companies pay for it. who pays for the insurance company coverage? the religious organization. the religious organization is still being forced to completely violates their own religious beliefs and religious freedom by funding the murder of babies for abortions and contraception. host: we appreciate your...
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president obama will be here to stay and -- mitt romney will be here monday and president obama will be here tuesday. it is an interesting debate over what the recall told us about the presidential election. you can overstate the results. it was pretty clear in the recall fight that some voters work voted against the recall process. they did not think it was appropriate. you had an exit poll from the recall in june and 15%-20% of the people voted for scott walker said they favored barack obama as president. it has been pretty consistent that 1/10 of the electorate, 9% or 10% say they approve of scott walker and barack obama. he becomes was the perfect barometer. republicans have had success winning elections in the last entry years in wisconsin. they have a motive database that will turn out. they also have paul ryan on the ticket. both sides have reasons and positive indicators to look at going into this election. most recently, the obama victory in 2008 and the republican victories in 2010 and 2012. host: new berlin, wisconsin. you are on the line. go ahead. caller: can you explain
president obama will be here to stay and -- mitt romney will be here monday and president obama will be here tuesday. it is an interesting debate over what the recall told us about the presidential election. you can overstate the results. it was pretty clear in the recall fight that some voters work voted against the recall process. they did not think it was appropriate. you had an exit poll from the recall in june and 15%-20% of the people voted for scott walker said they favored barack obama...
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look at obama care. there is already a 3.8% surcharge, and there is also for a self-employed, another 3.84 medicare taxes with no ceiling. it all adds up to a marginal tax rate of 47.2 percent signed. you that 8 percent signed-10% state and locals on businesses, and we're looking at and near 60% coming out of marginal tax rate bracket. host: what sort of right of steve howe? -- write-offs do you have? caller: that does not make a difference. we're talking about marginal tax rates. when one of my boilers' go down, i'd better have money to pay for it. what i have to send it to the federal government and the taxing entities, that is not fair. i do not go and shake down a company and say i need money, i have to pay for it. to get the tax on marginal tax rates are exactly right. those are at the top of the the combination of the 2001-2003 loss of the affordable care act. and the reality in the united states is we tax many of the business entities through the individual income tax so it is impossible to disent
look at obama care. there is already a 3.8% surcharge, and there is also for a self-employed, another 3.84 medicare taxes with no ceiling. it all adds up to a marginal tax rate of 47.2 percent signed. you that 8 percent signed-10% state and locals on businesses, and we're looking at and near 60% coming out of marginal tax rate bracket. host: what sort of right of steve howe? -- write-offs do you have? caller: that does not make a difference. we're talking about marginal tax rates. when one of...
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thank you. >> obama, obama! >> thank you so much. first of all, i have got to say thank you for that outstanding introduction. give a round of applause. i was listening backstage, and i thought i heard a little preaching going on. folks in the crowd were going, yes. he can talk, no doubt about it. it is great to see so many good friends who worked so hard on behalf of working families every day. we have got sheriff and brown, one of the best senators in the country, one of the best congressman in the country. we have got my friend, your friend, our secretary of labor in the house. we have got your outstanding uaw president in the house. rich trumpka is here, and the president of the national education association, so we have got some working people in the house. to everybody working hard each and every day, happy labor day. happy labor day. thank you. feel free to take a seat. i have got some things to say. for those of you who do not have a seat, make sure to bend your knees a little bit. we do not want you fainting. sometimes folks
thank you. >> obama, obama! >> thank you so much. first of all, i have got to say thank you for that outstanding introduction. give a round of applause. i was listening backstage, and i thought i heard a little preaching going on. folks in the crowd were going, yes. he can talk, no doubt about it. it is great to see so many good friends who worked so hard on behalf of working families every day. we have got sheriff and brown, one of the best senators in the country, one of the best...
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michelle obama will also be speaking. wednesday night, during the day, day two, elizabeth warren will be doing the nominating speech. and former president bill clinton will have a keynote address. there will be a roll call of states, voted on the nominees. thursday, the nominees will accept the nomination. vice-president biden, president obama, and john kerry will also be speaking. that is the three-day convention coming up from charlotte. as always, when there are convention going on, there are lots of things going on with them. all sorts of events around these conventions, and coming up, we want to show you one that we covered yesterday. this is sponsored by the "charlotte observer" and the university of north carolina. there was discussion on politics and the 2012 election. judy woodruff posted this -- hosted this. >> i saw so many people in the room taking notes. think you'll be swarmed with people asking questions and looking at not only the website and thumb drive and anything else they can get their hands on for in
michelle obama will also be speaking. wednesday night, during the day, day two, elizabeth warren will be doing the nominating speech. and former president bill clinton will have a keynote address. there will be a roll call of states, voted on the nominees. thursday, the nominees will accept the nomination. vice-president biden, president obama, and john kerry will also be speaking. that is the three-day convention coming up from charlotte. as always, when there are convention going on, there...
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i am so proud to work for president obama. i am so proud because every time we get to the toughest situations, the toughest budget fights, and the top priorities have to come into play, what the president puts first or at least at the top of his priority list is making sure we are staying with that commitment to invest and innovate in ways to help children who do not come from the best circumstances have the same opportunities or greater opportunities to succeed. that is why -- [applause] that is why even in this tough budget, over $1 billion more for headstart, and every budget, we fight and fight and will continue to fight to not have that cut back so that tens of thousands of children lose at least the chance they have to enter school ready to learn. that is why when we can afford relatively few new programs, one of them is $500 million for the early race to the top so we are funding what works. we are also looking to see what can work better, how we can innovate, we can learn so we can do better and invest more in children
i am so proud to work for president obama. i am so proud because every time we get to the toughest situations, the toughest budget fights, and the top priorities have to come into play, what the president puts first or at least at the top of his priority list is making sure we are staying with that commitment to invest and innovate in ways to help children who do not come from the best circumstances have the same opportunities or greater opportunities to succeed. that is why -- [applause] that...
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obama in particular. in 2008, his team -- team obama -- it was about hope and change and excitement. i think some of the behavioral times showed that people like being part of the crowd. they like feeling like this is the cool thing to do. they are part of a cause. i think obama has struggled this time around. i think some of his advisors have said he can't run on change again. it would feel like, sort of, they are dancing in the end zone when americans aren't feeling very happy about where things are. they argue about this stuff all the time. i have been surprised, and i don't know what the behavioral science is, but you can see them starting with obama care, right? obama care. which after a while is totally toxic. he's starting to embrace the auto bail out. he's even embracing stuff in the stimulus like middle class tax cuts and renewable energy, even though he doesn't say "stimulus." he hasn't come up and said, hey, change happens. i am wondering what you think the signs are? >> i read a whole bunch of
obama in particular. in 2008, his team -- team obama -- it was about hope and change and excitement. i think some of the behavioral times showed that people like being part of the crowd. they like feeling like this is the cool thing to do. they are part of a cause. i think obama has struggled this time around. i think some of his advisors have said he can't run on change again. it would feel like, sort of, they are dancing in the end zone when americans aren't feeling very happy about where...
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it is the only reason we ended up with candidate obama. we did not know who we were running against so we got free with our actual preferences and ended up with hillary clinton and barack obama as our final two. we never would have made those choices if we were running against an incumbent. we would have picked john henry to rid let's be honest about that. [laughter] in 2004, we chose a moderate candidate, one we thought would get votes, and that was john kerry. we did not, in the fall of 2004, launched as a democratic party, an attempt to push back against the war effort. quite the opposite. democrats decided to run a soldier under the idea that he could be even better at the war machine. what changed then? august 29, 2005. the day that the levees failed in the city of new orleans in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. maybe not exactly that day. on that day and the five subsequent days immediately after the levees failed, as the city's flooded, we behave just as we did in the immediate post-911 moments, scared of our racial enemies. the
it is the only reason we ended up with candidate obama. we did not know who we were running against so we got free with our actual preferences and ended up with hillary clinton and barack obama as our final two. we never would have made those choices if we were running against an incumbent. we would have picked john henry to rid let's be honest about that. [laughter] in 2004, we chose a moderate candidate, one we thought would get votes, and that was john kerry. we did not, in the fall of 2004,...
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we can't afford four more years of barack obama. >> president obama and governor romney meet in their first-ever presidential debate. watch and engage including the live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern with the debate at 9:00 had posted the day. -- and post-debate. >> i was always shot as anybody that spent a lot of time around campaigns, most people could not explain to me why they did anything they were doing. at some point, they did it because they have always done it that way or there was some sort of role that wasn't really based in any research. i went around the campaigns with skepticism about some of the practices that were taking place. as i learned about people that were doing these field experiments and randomized controlled trials, learning more about the information and targeting based on revolutionizing campaigns in the past decade, this was a major generational shift. in addition to all of these campaigns changing the way they operated, there is cultural tension between the old practices and the new empirical. >> saturday night at 10:00 eastern. he dodged congress m
we can't afford four more years of barack obama. >> president obama and governor romney meet in their first-ever presidential debate. watch and engage including the live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern with the debate at 9:00 had posted the day. -- and post-debate. >> i was always shot as anybody that spent a lot of time around campaigns, most people could not explain to me why they did anything they were doing. at some point, they did it because they have always done it that...
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obama, the obama campaign was running ads on that. how romney wants to cut the taxes as romney explained very clearly in the debate the other night, no, i am not cutting taxes on the richest. what i want to do is lower rates overall by 20%. and eliminate loopholes, deductions, exemptions, that sort of thing. which i think all serious people who look at the tax code think needs to be done. it's the richest of all by the way who take the most advantage of tax deductions. that is a fairer way of looking at t maybe if you have a lot of deductions you don't want to get rid of them. but you always feel like with reductions, somebody else is getting a better deal than you are. mitt romney hasn't specified which deductions. i can think of a few we should get rid of like deductions for state and local taxes. why should the rest of the country be supporting the high tax rates of california and new york? but anyway, that's my position, not mitt romney's and he also explained in the debate, this is my general proposal. we'll argue about it. we'll
obama, the obama campaign was running ads on that. how romney wants to cut the taxes as romney explained very clearly in the debate the other night, no, i am not cutting taxes on the richest. what i want to do is lower rates overall by 20%. and eliminate loopholes, deductions, exemptions, that sort of thing. which i think all serious people who look at the tax code think needs to be done. it's the richest of all by the way who take the most advantage of tax deductions. that is a fairer way of...
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obama is using the epa to try to go after drilling in west texas. i argued that the endangered species act was unconstitutional. weened a fighter who doesn't just talk but has walked the walk. >> my question goes to mr. cruse. >> they oppose using eminent domain to forcefully route a pipeline through their private property. should they be able to override landowners by using it? >> that is ultimately a question for state law to determine. i think private property rights are fundamental to we are as americans and texans. the problem is the obama administration shutting that project down with the stroke of a pen. he killed tens of thousands of jobs. now that oil will be spent west and refined in china instead. it will pollute the environment more and we will remain dependent on foreign oil from the middle east and from nations who would do us harm. >> they are in court right now because they believe him in a domain is a problem. how could you assist them? >> my view is that it should be limited with respect to the constitution and the fifth amendment
obama is using the epa to try to go after drilling in west texas. i argued that the endangered species act was unconstitutional. weened a fighter who doesn't just talk but has walked the walk. >> my question goes to mr. cruse. >> they oppose using eminent domain to forcefully route a pipeline through their private property. should they be able to override landowners by using it? >> that is ultimately a question for state law to determine. i think private property rights are...
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barack obama has got to be thrilled. what it means for our country and his reelection. >> i have absolute confidence in john. let me personally think the three of you. i know you are busy, and this is complicated. thank you for coming here to educate us, but let me turn the floor over to john. >> please join me in thanking the panel. [applause] i think you know one of my favorite quotes that was given to me by a member a couple of years ago, he said that this is the switzerland of silicon valley, so i hope we have had a very swiss but very provocative panel tonight, thank you for all of you for being here. richard, thank you for leading it. have a good night, everyone. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> i think this is one of those markets that the people do not vote for the party. i think the city votes for the candidate. i think you have seen a lot more of that, even the heavy republican midwest, which is dynamic, but
barack obama has got to be thrilled. what it means for our country and his reelection. >> i have absolute confidence in john. let me personally think the three of you. i know you are busy, and this is complicated. thank you for coming here to educate us, but let me turn the floor over to john. >> please join me in thanking the panel. [applause] i think you know one of my favorite quotes that was given to me by a member a couple of years ago, he said that this is the switzerland of...
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obama wins with a shrunken market. anybody else who won a second term that a larger merger -- margin of victory. even bush increased his. clinton increased his by six points. obama went from 7 down to three. 8 million fewer votes total. a little tough to seek a strong mandate there compared to say .eagan's second term you also have the challenge that all presidents are lame ducks as and as they get reelected. if you look at the present at the beginning of his term, he might be there for eight years. if you need something from the white house, you have eight years of having to deal with that person. we now have for years and ticking on a reelected president. the republican house menominee the bush -- ran on maintaining the bush lower tax rates. we have a mandate to. the democrats, when they got their majorities in the house, they got two landslides republicans only got one landslide. the republicans got their landslide in 2010, the year when everyone did redistricting for the next decade. democrats won the house for fou
obama wins with a shrunken market. anybody else who won a second term that a larger merger -- margin of victory. even bush increased his. clinton increased his by six points. obama went from 7 down to three. 8 million fewer votes total. a little tough to seek a strong mandate there compared to say .eagan's second term you also have the challenge that all presidents are lame ducks as and as they get reelected. if you look at the present at the beginning of his term, he might be there for eight...
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so i am barack obama. i have just heard this, the president watches c-span and we are going to be on it. i need your read by somehow should run this campaign so i am going to be reelected. what would you tell me to do? >> i would say that the way you actually begin the way acted today is a perfect reflection of the president that people loved. i think one of those things people love about the president is held authentic he is, and he showed that today. i think the people appreciate that and voters appreciate that. one of the reasons i have so much confidence in him is because of his record, which i think he will run on. i also think he is an excellent campaigner, and no one is better in a one-on-one fight that he is. he approaches campaigns as they are important, and their decisions about the future. you don't go down in the campaign for not saying what you think or what you feel we are not saying what you think is the right track " -- the right way forward with the country. i think he will go in with guns
so i am barack obama. i have just heard this, the president watches c-span and we are going to be on it. i need your read by somehow should run this campaign so i am going to be reelected. what would you tell me to do? >> i would say that the way you actually begin the way acted today is a perfect reflection of the president that people loved. i think one of those things people love about the president is held authentic he is, and he showed that today. i think the people appreciate that...
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we're not going to have four more years of barack obama. >> wednesday, president obama and mitt romney meet in their first presidential debate. the news hour's jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. watch and engage with crmbing span including our live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern, the debate at 9:00 and post-debate your reactions. follow on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> september 11, 2001, was a day that change midlife forever. it changed america's life. i'm going to go through a power point presentation which is going to outline the account of the historical account of the attack as things happened, as things transpyred that day. it gets -- transpired that day. et gets intense. i'm going to do my best not to ramble on and go too fast. i would ask you to sit back, leer your mind, put yourself in that room an you'll get a real sense of what it was like to be at the too much the food chain, the national command authority, as a nation of 300 million americans was attack by 19 al qaeda terrorists. >> more from retired lieutenant colonel robert darli
we're not going to have four more years of barack obama. >> wednesday, president obama and mitt romney meet in their first presidential debate. the news hour's jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. watch and engage with crmbing span including our live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern, the debate at 9:00 and post-debate your reactions. follow on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> september 11, 2001, was a day that change midlife forever. it changed...
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the reader is going to get a lot of obama. so far it has been mostly republicans, but our focus will change. host: mike allen? guest: not only will we hear a lot about president obama, but one of the big advantages of the democratic campaign is that they have been able to build this amazing machine sort of with the garage door closed while the republicans were fighting their race. the folks in chicago, 300-plus, are already building up the obama machine. we talk about here in the book how mitt romney has fewer offices in a single -- excuse me, mitt romney has few offices in the whole country than obama has in a lot of states, as many as a dozen 0 offices in a bump of states, michigan, vlade, ohio. mitt romney is geared up. scott of clear politics has a story this morning about he went to visit the former romney office in new hampshire, which is a swing-ish state in the "top 10" or 12, and the romney office from new hampshire is closed with a for lease sign, while the obama one has a couple of offices. they have done events in
the reader is going to get a lot of obama. so far it has been mostly republicans, but our focus will change. host: mike allen? guest: not only will we hear a lot about president obama, but one of the big advantages of the democratic campaign is that they have been able to build this amazing machine sort of with the garage door closed while the republicans were fighting their race. the folks in chicago, 300-plus, are already building up the obama machine. we talk about here in the book how mitt...
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crowd: obama, obama. >> thank you. can everyone please give patricia a round of applause for that great introduction? [applause] a couple of other people i want to the knowledge, your outstanding former governor and the best secretary of agriculture we have ever had. [applause] tom vilsack. congressman leonard boswell and your mayor. [applause] did you see the sun is coming out? [applause] i love being back in iowa. we're starting here in council bluffs, but we will be heading east and i think i will and at the state fair. michelle has told me i cannot have a fried twinkie, but i will be checking out the butter cow and chocolate moose. i will have to take a look at that, if i can. the last time i went to the state fair, secret service let me do the bumper cars. i was not president yet, so i could do that. not this time. now, before i get started, i just want to say a few words about the drought because it has such an impact on this state and all across the country. right now, people in iowa and across the heartland are
crowd: obama, obama. >> thank you. can everyone please give patricia a round of applause for that great introduction? [applause] a couple of other people i want to the knowledge, your outstanding former governor and the best secretary of agriculture we have ever had. [applause] tom vilsack. congressman leonard boswell and your mayor. [applause] did you see the sun is coming out? [applause] i love being back in iowa. we're starting here in council bluffs, but we will be heading east and i...
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you were nominated by president obama? >> i was nominated early in 2009. >> at that time, the position of the administrator, was it vacant? >> there was no confirmed administrator. >> there had not been for a number of years, right? >> maybe about a year and a half. >> before you were nominated? how long between the time that you were nominated and when the senate voted on your position? >> i had my hearings in june of 2009 and was voted unanimously in february 2010. >> nine months. what was the delay? you had worked as the chief of staff at the same agency in the 1990's. was this activity going on in the 1990's? tell me what the agency looked like in the 1990's. >> the agency was full of hard working people delivering goods and services to the american people. it was an agency that was just emerging from the legislative change for its mandate. in the mid-1990's, it no longer was allowed to be a monopoly provider for the government. the element of competition was introduced into gsa. that was a tremendous improvement and t
you were nominated by president obama? >> i was nominated early in 2009. >> at that time, the position of the administrator, was it vacant? >> there was no confirmed administrator. >> there had not been for a number of years, right? >> maybe about a year and a half. >> before you were nominated? how long between the time that you were nominated and when the senate voted on your position? >> i had my hearings in june of 2009 and was voted unanimously in...
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>> obama. >> does that make a difference to you? >> yes. one part of it. >> here you are with these marvelous observations and we have sam rayburn floating in here. tell me where your at and what is the -- you are at and what is the point at which you come out on all this. >> at the debate i would like to see how well they talk on their feet. without stumbling over a number of things. let's not have someone say, i knew jack kennedy and your not him. let's have them be prepared with some rudimentary concrete plans. and give us an inkling of where they would like the country to go and how they think they might be able to do it. >> who did you vote for four years ago? >> john mccain. >> what about this time around? >> i am interested because i think we are in such a quagmire. i am interested in hearing what both sides have to say, especially if we can get down to the nitty gritty. >> what about those who would say it is time to stay with obama versus going with mitt romney? >> i would like to see
>> obama. >> does that make a difference to you? >> yes. one part of it. >> here you are with these marvelous observations and we have sam rayburn floating in here. tell me where your at and what is the -- you are at and what is the point at which you come out on all this. >> at the debate i would like to see how well they talk on their feet. without stumbling over a number of things. let's not have someone say, i knew jack kennedy and your not him. let's have them...
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they try to morphed me into barack obama. barack obama don't want to see the exxon pipeline built i do. barack obama wanted to see the bailouts, i voted against the bailouts. the list goes on and on. i put montana first in every decision i make because that's what's most important to me is taking montana's good ideas back to washington d.c., converting it to legislation, and getting it passed. >> now question from mike dennisson to represent rehberg. >> good evening congressman. you mentioned medicare, you criticized the medicare portion in the affordable care act, you voted against the ryan budget in his medicare plan. what's your medicare plan? i haven't heard much about it? >> you don't begin by taking $716 billion out of medicare. it is already a failing system. we have to do everything we possibly can to make it stronger. by taking $716 billion out of medicare, all you doing is forcing seniors to go under obamacare which will not work. it makes it much more difficult for doctors and hospitals to provide services to our s
they try to morphed me into barack obama. barack obama don't want to see the exxon pipeline built i do. barack obama wanted to see the bailouts, i voted against the bailouts. the list goes on and on. i put montana first in every decision i make because that's what's most important to me is taking montana's good ideas back to washington d.c., converting it to legislation, and getting it passed. >> now question from mike dennisson to represent rehberg. >> good evening congressman. you...
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they spoke on the senate floor after a meeting with the white house with president obama and leaders from the house. >> what the plan is that everyone knows we have been to the white house, we have had a constructive meeting. we certainly hope that something positive will come from that. the republican leader and i and our staffs are working to see what we can come up with. we should not take a long time to do that. i think it would be to everybody's interest if we were not in session tomorrow. my plan to comment at 1:00, we have an hour on our previous agreement that we have. there is an hour of debate on that, we have a vote. we have another vote that has been set up, that is a simple majority. that you are talking about sunday? >> yes. >> we will probably start those votes a little after 2:00. and then for us, we will have another caucus. hopefully by that time, we will have made a determination whether we can do something on the floor in addition to what we have just talked about. i think we need that time to have everybody kind of step back a total bit. is some what complicated.
they spoke on the senate floor after a meeting with the white house with president obama and leaders from the house. >> what the plan is that everyone knows we have been to the white house, we have had a constructive meeting. we certainly hope that something positive will come from that. the republican leader and i and our staffs are working to see what we can come up with. we should not take a long time to do that. i think it would be to everybody's interest if we were not in session...
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guest: that is the hope from the obama administration. reimbursements cannot keep going up and up and up. health care is about a fifth of the entire economy. if you give people a budget to work in, they will change the way they work. they have to figure out a new way to do business. host: cedric from texas, good morning. welcome to the program. caller: i'm a physician and i follow your journalism. i'm probably one of the few physicians that agrees with -- i want to eliminate all government plans. i would be willing to take nothing. i believe the only way to fix this is by setting up a free market. prices meet demand. none of these things meet the demands of the people. with regards to seniors, they talk about how much insurance companies are taking. when they convert from a plan to medicare and how there are hoops. they are lifestyle decisions. president obama is trying to give bundled payments for health care results. a large portion of the population knows they are supposed to eat well and not to smoke. they need their hips replaced the
guest: that is the hope from the obama administration. reimbursements cannot keep going up and up and up. health care is about a fifth of the entire economy. if you give people a budget to work in, they will change the way they work. they have to figure out a new way to do business. host: cedric from texas, good morning. welcome to the program. caller: i'm a physician and i follow your journalism. i'm probably one of the few physicians that agrees with -- i want to eliminate all government...
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next, president obama -- watch and engaged. next, president obama and joe biden. then leavitt 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on washington journal -- then live at 7:00 a.m., your calls and, tom washington journal petr >> i watched c-span, c-span2. it is important to be knowledgeable about what is god in the world. c-span gives the most information about what is going on at that the specific subject. >> she watches c-span on comcast. greeted by america's cable companies in 1979. brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> after the democratic national convention, president obama and vice president biden about with fate -- first lady michelle obama and jill biden, campaigned in new hampshire. other speakers include jeanne shaheen and governor john lynch. this is an hour and 15 minutes. ♪ >> what a great crowd. you all are terrific. i am so glad you are here. though we are all here to welcome the president, barack obama, the first lady, michelle. [applause] the vice-president, joe biden. and jill biden. [applause] to the greatest state in
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caller: i do not care what color obama is. the most important thing i care about is what he is doing to this country. he has taken the people who are in charge of the airports and homeland security and all of these people are unionized. even military personnel are unionized. host: thank you. tennessee caller. go ahead. caller: good morning. i am calling in to say that mr. romney will not say anything. he is running for president for power. if he is elected, we will going back to being barefoot and pregnant and the states all-star becoming small countries -- all of the state will start becoming a small countries and they will have all the power. host: before we talk to you, up we were talking about gender issues. and she was talking about the social and gender issues. guest: like anywhere else, they go into i think the way that people line up in both parties. i do not know if it is any truth or less in wisconsin than any other state. it is part of the debate. host: california. independent line. you are on. caller: out a. -- ok.
caller: i do not care what color obama is. the most important thing i care about is what he is doing to this country. he has taken the people who are in charge of the airports and homeland security and all of these people are unionized. even military personnel are unionized. host: thank you. tennessee caller. go ahead. caller: good morning. i am calling in to say that mr. romney will not say anything. he is running for president for power. if he is elected, we will going back to being barefoot...
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the obama package took $700 billion to fund obama care. the fact is the only people talking about how to constructively protect security -- social security and medicare are the republicans, mitt romney and paul ryan. it is clear that the seniors of america are beginning to understand that the inaction of the last four years has put medicare in particular on a bankrupting path. what we need is somebody with the courage to speak about this issue and the courage and discipline to propose solutions, even though they may be politically uncomfortable. >> the latest abc news "the washington post" poll remains a dead heat. what does that tell you about the political advertising? it has not yet moved the needle for either side. it is a toss-up. >> well, it is a toss-up. when president carter was running and ronald reagan was challenging him. at the republican convention, president carter was at least 10 to 15 points ahead of governor reagan who was challenging him at that time. the fact that mitt romney has even maintained things ahead of that path
the obama package took $700 billion to fund obama care. the fact is the only people talking about how to constructively protect security -- social security and medicare are the republicans, mitt romney and paul ryan. it is clear that the seniors of america are beginning to understand that the inaction of the last four years has put medicare in particular on a bankrupting path. what we need is somebody with the courage to speak about this issue and the courage and discipline to propose...
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i will get rid of obama care. [applause] you know, it is a $1 trillion entitlement we do not want and cannot afford. it is bad medicine. when it i am president, and it will be over. i will also cut subsidies to amtrak and funding for planned parenthood. we will repeal the davis that to save taxpayers $100 billion over 10-year period. we will take a lot of federal programs and sent them back to the state's. i am going to send medicaid back to the states and cap that. i would do the same for other programs like food stamps and job training. states are better able to perform these kinds of functions. and by the way, once the economy is really growing again, i believe we should return our spending level to the pre- rescind -- pre-recession level and cap the rate of growth. taxpayers that save money and those in need the benefits of these programs will find they are more effective and efficient and responsive if they are run at the state level. there are such differences today. let states crafted their own problems for
i will get rid of obama care. [applause] you know, it is a $1 trillion entitlement we do not want and cannot afford. it is bad medicine. when it i am president, and it will be over. i will also cut subsidies to amtrak and funding for planned parenthood. we will repeal the davis that to save taxpayers $100 billion over 10-year period. we will take a lot of federal programs and sent them back to the state's. i am going to send medicaid back to the states and cap that. i would do the same for...
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chapter, president obama. no, he's always been consistent on this. >> any other questions? all right. well, thank you both so much for[applause] national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> here is what is coming up on christmas day. a look at women in leadership position. several holiday celebrations from around washington, d.c. we looked at the biggest foreign policy events of the year. >> i was handing out leaflets for robert kennedy. i broke with the democratic party and went to work for john lindsay. i went down to the liberal party. i was handing out leaflets on a street corner in new york. and a woman thought it was acucute. she asked me why and i made an early case for lindsey and i made the case against his opponent. she handed me a box of pastry. i took a back to headquarters. there were all these doughnuts and a lot of $10 bills. one of my early lessons in politics and i was told you can keep the money. >> david axelrod on his life in journalism and poli
chapter, president obama. no, he's always been consistent on this. >> any other questions? all right. well, thank you both so much for[applause] national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> here is what is coming up on christmas day. a look at women in leadership position. several holiday celebrations from around washington, d.c. we looked at the biggest foreign policy events of the year. >> i was handing out leaflets for robert...
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and is able to go after barack obama comment make this the central issue -- barack obama, and make this the central issue. two-thirds of americans opposed obamacare. two-thirds of americans. [applause] why would the republican party puts up denominated takes that issue off the table? -- puts up a nominee that takes that issue off the table? why would the republican party nominate someone on the most important issue of the day, freedom, why would we take that off the table? that is why you have to help me here in illinois. [applause] the third leg of the reagan stool was talking about -- our country was founded on basic principle, the foundation of american society. it is not the individual, you build a society on individuals and it is like building a house on grains of sand. you have to build on something that is strong, that has cement. you can put heavy structures on top. that is not the individual. none of us are out here and society living radically individual lives, not linked together in a way that is important for us to prosper and survive. reagan understood that foundation was t
and is able to go after barack obama comment make this the central issue -- barack obama, and make this the central issue. two-thirds of americans opposed obamacare. two-thirds of americans. [applause] why would the republican party puts up denominated takes that issue off the table? -- puts up a nominee that takes that issue off the table? why would the republican party nominate someone on the most important issue of the day, freedom, why would we take that off the table? that is why you have...
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that is the kind of leader president obama is. you saw a state legislative session where we were supposed to be focusing on jobs and the economy. instead they did things like pass invasive alter some legislation degrading to women. making it harder for people to vote. there are two kinds of leadership. we can have people who want to work together like president obama or we can pick the kind of leadership that is divisive. that makes us weaker, not stronger. that is why we need barack obama reelected because he will continue us down the right path. [cheers and applause] some of you might have seen a lot of tv ads about politics. i think my face my view and one or two of them. there are ads that suggest that it is anti virginian to support the president of the united states. [boos] there are ads that suggest it is anti virginian to support this president of the united states. [boos] i feel the same way. i believe all virginians should one our president to succeed regardless of party. when our president succeeds, our nation succeeds.
that is the kind of leader president obama is. you saw a state legislative session where we were supposed to be focusing on jobs and the economy. instead they did things like pass invasive alter some legislation degrading to women. making it harder for people to vote. there are two kinds of leadership. we can have people who want to work together like president obama or we can pick the kind of leadership that is divisive. that makes us weaker, not stronger. that is why we need barack obama...
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as president obama continues to lead our nation. as the secretary eloquently explained, it is a vital part of our constitutional government and in the checks and balances of our federal statement -- federal government that each state cast their votes for president. the majority of our citizens voted for the nominee of the republican party, governor mitt romney. governor romney has a long record of service to our nation, public service, a volunteer service, and service in job-creating private enterprise. america has grown and prospered for private enterprise. the term enterprise includes the employers, the owners of the company, but also their employees as they all work together to serve the customer, the people of america. it is necessary that we work together and serve the people in innovative ways to lower the costs of a constantly changing world. as a young man, mitt romney graduated from harvard. rather than pursue his career as a lawyer, he chose business. in 1984, he founded bain capital, an investment firm. that is a firm tha
as president obama continues to lead our nation. as the secretary eloquently explained, it is a vital part of our constitutional government and in the checks and balances of our federal statement -- federal government that each state cast their votes for president. the majority of our citizens voted for the nominee of the republican party, governor mitt romney. governor romney has a long record of service to our nation, public service, a volunteer service, and service in job-creating private...
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president obama is up next. >> tonight, president obama's news conference from earlier today on the economy and claims about the white house leaking classified national security information. he claims the house has a -- white house has zero tolerance policy. he will investigate information. he urged congress to act on passing the remaining parts of the american jobs? . this is about 30 minutes. >> good morning. i want to say a few words about the economy. after losing jobs, our businesses have created jobs for 27 months in a row. one concern is europe. this matters to us because europe is our largest economic trading partner. if there is less demand for our products it could mean less business for manufacturers in places like the spring or milwaukee. there is a path out of this challenge. the decisions are fundamentally in the hands of europe's leaders and they understand the urgent need to act. thembeen in contact with over the past several weeks and we know there are steps they can take to prevent the situation from getting worse. in the short term, they have to stabilize their financial
president obama is up next. >> tonight, president obama's news conference from earlier today on the economy and claims about the white house leaking classified national security information. he claims the house has a -- white house has zero tolerance policy. he will investigate information. he urged congress to act on passing the remaining parts of the american jobs? . this is about 30 minutes. >> good morning. i want to say a few words about the economy. after losing jobs, our...
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obama is concerned about intensity. factoring in the unemployment numbers, the fact that black people -- i think some of this trayvon martin issue is a culmination of so much. there are so many african americans who are disenchanted by so many things. they are scared to speak out. they fear it could hurt the president. this trayvon martin issue has evolved into a lot of things. this placed anxiety, the perfect term. -- displace anxiety, the perfect term. there are several factors that black america needs to face. why am i going to the polls? the big moment is gone. this is what black america have to deal with. >> let me ishaqi by saying something about voter i.d.. -- let me shock you by saying something about voter i.d. it does not bother me. let me say why. whenever i hear somebody say that and i d requirement is oppressive, i have to ask the question, how many times are we asked to present id in the course of citizenship? the department of justice is challenging voter i.d. laws. you cannot get into the department of j
obama is concerned about intensity. factoring in the unemployment numbers, the fact that black people -- i think some of this trayvon martin issue is a culmination of so much. there are so many african americans who are disenchanted by so many things. they are scared to speak out. they fear it could hurt the president. this trayvon martin issue has evolved into a lot of things. this placed anxiety, the perfect term. -- displace anxiety, the perfect term. there are several factors that black...